Front matter
Reading edition
THE TRAGEDIE OF
HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARKE
A STUDY WITH THE TEXT OF THE FOLIO OF 1623
BY GEORGE MACDONALD
"What would you gracious figure?"
TO
MY HONOURED RELATIVE
ALEXANDER STEWART MACCOLL
A LITTLE LESS THAN KIN, AND MORE THAN KIND
TO WHOM I OWE IN ESPECIAL THE TRUE UNDERSTANDING OF
THE GREAT SOLILOQUY
I DEDICATE
WITH LOVE AND GRATITUDE
THIS EFFORT TO GIVE HAMLET AND SHAKSPERE THEIR DUE
GEORGE MAC DONALD
BORDIGHERA
Christmas, 1884
Summary:
The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: a study of the text of the folio of 1623 By George MacDonald [Motto]: "What would you, gracious figure?"
Dr. Greville MacDonald looks on his father's commentary as the "most important interpretation of the play ever written… It is his intuitive understanding … rather than learned analysis—of which there is yet overwhelming evidence—that makes it so splendid."
Reading Level: Mature youth and adults.